Contact lens dosimetry of solar ultraviolet radiation

Clinical and Experimental Optometry

Volumn 80, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 204-210

  McLaren, Ken ^a   Watson, William ^a   Sanfilippo, Paul ^a   Collins, Michael ^a   Sydenham, Michael ^b   Hirst, Lawrence ^b  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Contact lens; Eye; Radiation; Solar; Ultraviolet

Indexed keywords

EID: 0013076853     PISSN: 08164622     EISSN: 14440938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1444-0938.1997.tb04884.x     Document Type: Article

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